Black as night
The crossword clue "Black as night" is answered by INKY, a 4-letter entry. Used 30 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2023. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
INKY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INKY answer page.
Used 30 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2023. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for INKY
Every other clue in this collection answered by INKY, most used first.
- Black - used 125 times, most recently in 2025
- Pitch-black - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Jet-black - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Very dark - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Deep black - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
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- "Night" author Wiesel - ELIE, used 130 times
- "___ the night before ..." - TWAS, used 100 times
- Black, in verse - EBON, used 99 times
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